Smetana: From the Homeland
Z domoviny
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- Composer: Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
- Editor: Milan Pospísil
- Fingering: Ernst Schliephake
- Instrumentation: Piano, Violin
- Work: From My Homeland (Z domoviny), JB 1:118
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- Size: 9.3 x 12.2 inches
- Pages: 25
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
"They are in a light style, intended more for use in the home than for concert performance". Thus Smetana described these two duets in which he memorialised his Bohemian homeland. It is a fact, though scarcely believable, that Smetana had by this time already been deaf for two years. The pieces were popular from the outset: Smetana was able to demand a high price for them, and even to play off several aspiring publishers against each other. The duets are not technically over-demanding, and attract by means of their joyful character and powerful melodies.